PeopleSoft Test Framework and its evolution with 8.55

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1 PeopleSoft Test Framework and its evolution with 8.55 Kovaion Consulting Date Website : Dec-2016 : info@kovaion.com :

2 Speakers Nanda Kumar Nanda is the Founder and Director of Kovaion. Product Consulting, Client Relations, Applications Development & Maintenance and Delivery Management. Worked with global customers on Staffing, Banking, Insurance, Telecom and Public Service domains Identify value to customer via People Process Technology Himanshu Shekhar PeopleSoft Lead Consultant at Kovaion Consulting. Experience in Oracle-PeopleSoft HCM. Extensively worked in UK market on Global Payroll and Absence Management. Experience in multiple Implementation, Upgrade, Support projects and Oracle-PeopleSoft Product Development. Certified Oracle-PeopleSoft and Fusion Consultant Kovaion Consulting 2

3 Multiple Streams on PeopleSoft Migration Path Regression Testing Production KEY NOTES Pre Prod Keep current with Oracle release. Multiple Development SIT Multiple Testing o Regression. Retrofit Path BAU UAT Testing Project 1 UAT Staging Project 2 UAT Staging Oracle PUM PUM (Demo) Migration/Retrofit Path for Release Management Oracle Release PUM approx once in 3 months. Development Development Development Kovaion Consulting 3

4 Software Delivery Models Few traditional SDLC models Waterfall Delivery Iterative Scrum Agile Oracle-PeopleSoft s new delivery model PeopleSoft Lifecycle Management Tools PeopleSoft Selective Adoption Delivery 3-4 times a year Aim of it is Get Innovative New Capabilities without Upgrading Take Only the Changes You Want Based on What You Have Determine When You Adopt Changes Retain Strategic Customizations Kovaion Consulting 4

5 General Delivery Lifecycle Functional Spec. Business Req. Design Spec Code/Build Requirements Analysis Development Testing Implementation Testing Process Definition Test Planning Unit Testing Regression, Functional Testing Performance Testing Test Execution Phases Test Strategy Test Plans Test Specifications Reports Kovaion Consulting 5

6 Testing Phases and Improvement Methods Testing Phase Description Testing Environment Automation Tools Unit System Integration Regression Validate individual units of source code, business rule. Validate Online and Batch Functionality, Interfaces, reports, conversions and customizations. Validate business processes and groups of related processes. Retest business process, Interfaces, Batch in existing functional & nonfunctional area. Business Acceptance SME validates the software does not crash and meets documented requirements. Performance (Optional) Measure system performance of Online, Batch, Conversion ( responsiveness and stability under a particular workload). Penetration (Optional) Validate attack on a computer system to find security weakness for potentially gaining access to functionality & data DEV SIT SIT OAT UAT OAT OAT PTF PTF PTF PTF Selenium JMeter Kovaion Consulting 6

7 Quick Audience Poll Whether you (your customers) use PTF? Yes Its effective. Implemented, but not used/retired. PTF is not suitable for us / Using other test automation. No Manual Testing only. Kovaion Consulting * Based on the audience survey at UKOUG APPS16, only one customer piloting PTF 7

8 PTF Overview Effort Scale PeopleSoft Test Framework - Test Automation ROI Graph PTF Build PTF - Test Execution PTF Total Effort Manual Test Cycles KEY NOTES Factors in calculating ROI Test Automation Test Execution Test Maintenance Approx, with 12 cycles of testing, the total testing effort can be halved by automation. Average test cycles include 10 cycles for new implementations 12 cycles for Annual Support 8 cycles for Upgrade ** ROI Varies on system change intake * Data from Oracle OOW Presentation - CON7664 Kovaion Consulting 8

9 Test Automation Benefits Year-on-year drop in overall testing investments. Considerable perfection in test cycle time through automation. Reduce maintenance and support cost. Streamline the process to handle the continuous delivery model. Regression test bed is reusable for many releases of an application. Automated performance / stress test is required for predictive system load. Quality Reduced "Time to market. Kovaion Consulting 9

10 PTF Overview KEY NOTES ORACLE Solution Bundled with PeopleTools Introduced with PeopleTools v8.51 (5 yrs ago), part of PeopleTools Connection to database via Integration Broker PTF automates various tasks within the PeopleSoft application PTF test assets are securely stored in the PeopleSoft application database Kovaion Consulting 10

11 PTF Features and Benefits KEY NOTES Tied with PeopleTools Meta Data. Record and Playback Interact with Scrolls And Grids, Other PeopleTools object Integrated Maintenance Reports Test and Test Cases are Managed Objects Robust Test Development Platform Kovaion Consulting 11

12 Evolution with 8.55 KEY NOTES Compatible with Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer. SSO support PTF now enhances the Usage Monitor with Start and Stop steps. PTF s MassUpdate Feature Update of huge amount of test data is no more a manual activity. For testing Fluid UI pages, PTF now supports addexists and GetProperty actions to DIV object. Kovaion Consulting 12

13 PTF Limitations KEY NOTES Not suitable for load / multiuser / performance simulation. Not suitable for Images, data position & dynamically loaded page objects. Limited usage for non- PeopleSoft like other integrated application / interfaces, HTML pages, drag and drop and Flash pages. Not suitable for drag-anddrop mouse actions. No suitable for Mobile Websites, App/Integration Kovaion Consulting 13

14 Best Practices KEY NOTES Keep Desktop Clean while recording and playback. Adopt consistent folder and test naming conventions. Record rather than code from scratch. Clean up tests. PTF can be used by Developers while developing (code development). The test suite can be migrated via normal PeopleSoft migration path. Kovaion Consulting 14

15 Additional Resources PeopleSoft Information Portal PeopleSoft Test Framework 917ff7.html#topofpage PeopleSoft Youtube For Expert Advise, Reach us Kovaion Consulting 15

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